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Addiction LXXVI

Old 10-23-19, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
I wouldn't mind getting rid of the saddle bag, but it's not unusual for me to go 80+ miles without stopping - I need pockets for food, phone/wallet, room to stash my vest, etc. Having a saddle bag just means more room for that other stuff and less remember when I head out the door.

Plus, I have a pretty sweet saddle bag (well, roll, technically).
...but not awesome. Nice try, an E for effort.
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Old 10-23-19, 07:58 PM
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Kinda freaky how they've mic'd the ump tonight and he often gets all descriptive "out and down"
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Originally Posted by topslop1
Heard you missed me. First ride post back surgery. I still got it, barely. 2 miles?
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Old 10-23-19, 08:07 PM
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Not even close.

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I also have a saddlebag for each bike. Long valve, short valve, extra long valve. Arundel is pretty sweet though not nearly as swish as the one WhyFi has.

https://www.thegeekycyclist.com/best...s/saddle-bags/
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Old 10-23-19, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Not even close.

Unbelievable
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Old 10-23-19, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Not even close.

That'll buff right out.
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Originally Posted by BillyD
Being landlocked as you are you might have an unconscious aversion to the open seas.
I would use a lot of hand sanitizer.
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Old 10-23-19, 08:28 PM
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And I did grow up on the Persian Gulf.
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Old 10-23-19, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
And I did grow up on the Persian Gulf.
Lots of old people there?
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Old 10-23-19, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Lots of old people there?
Cradle of Civilization is pretty much right there..
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Old 10-23-19, 09:02 PM
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Ooooh, Dem Nats caught fire all of a sudden.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
Lots of old people there?
There were old people.
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Big problem for the Astros.
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I carry too much unnecessary stuff to not use a saddlebag. And I hate heavy pockets.
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Originally Posted by sbxx1985
I carry too much unnecessary stuff to not use a saddlebag. And I hate heavy pockets.
Exactly.
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Seat bags are way too aero.

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Old 10-24-19, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by LAJ
I also have a saddlebag for each bike. Long valve, short valve, extra long valve. Arundel is pretty sweet though not nearly as swish as the one WhyFi has.

https://www.thegeekycyclist.com/best...s/saddle-bags/
Woo hoo - I have the Best Premium Saddle Bag, which is surely better than merely awesome. Eat your heart out, @DougRNS
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Old 10-24-19, 06:20 AM
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In regards to saddle bags:




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Old 10-24-19, 06:29 AM
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I used to think Smashing Pumpkins' version of "Landslide" was the best Fleetwood Mac cover ever.

Until I heard this....worth a few minutes of your time.

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Old 10-24-19, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Not even close.
Saw something similar while riding to Brooklyn one year. Guy in N. Jersey hit a bridge on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Destroyed the top of the rental truck. IIRC, insurance doesn't cover top damage.

A few years ago in Philly some moron hit an abandoned overhead rail bridge and then drove for several miles through city streets with the peeled back top of the semi trailer dragging behind him. IIRC, some early morning jogger or dog walker called the police, who finally stopped him. I couldn't believe it when I saw the story on the morning news.
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Old 10-24-19, 07:38 AM
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I was playing around on the computer yesterday evening while the cat was making a ruckus downstairs. Went to the top of the stairs and saw he had deposited a mouse on the small rug at the bottom of the stairs. The thing didn't looked freshly killed. Then I remembered hearing noises downstairs at around 4 a.m. yesterday and thinking he was mousing. My guess is that he killed it then and this was follow up play. I'll spare you the photo.
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Old 10-24-19, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
I'll spare you the photo.
But you took one (some).
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Old 10-24-19, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by MoAlpha
But you took one (some).
Of course. Stephen is a Facebook star. I had to give him some publicity. This is his second mouse that I know of.
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So, aside from simply liking to work out and compete, the main reason I have been a lifelong endurance sports geek is to treat pretty significant anxiety and depression, which is a lot worse in the winter. This fall, using the new smart trainer during the week and tracking a.m. heart rate variability, I think I've found a level of training stress that makes the blues go away and should be sustainable through most of a reasonable training cycle.

Makes me more positive about a power measurement system for the road bike, but I'm still ambivalent and sticker shocked. Plus, I might get fit, enter a race, and hurt myself.
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